BILL NUMBER: SB 149	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 11, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 4, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Correa

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2011

   An act to amend  Section   Sec  
tions  18506  and 18870.7  of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to  mobilehomes   mobilehome and
special occupancy parks  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 149, as amended, Correa.  Mobilehome Parks Act: permit
invoice: notice.   Mobilehome and special occupancy
parks: permit invoice: notice. 
   The Mobilehome Parks Act generally regulates various
classifications of mobilehome and related vehicle parks  ,
including special occupancy parks, and imposes enforcement duties on
the Department of Housing and Community Development and local
enforcement agencies. The act requires   .  
The Special Occupancy Parks Act generally regulates special occupancy
parks. Those acts require  any person prior to operating a
manufactured housing community  or   , 
mobilehome park  ,   or special occupancy park  to
obtain a valid permit that is issued by the enforcement agency  ,
as specified  . Existing law requires that the permit be issued
and invoiced according to a method and schedule established by the
 department   Department of Housing and
Community Development  .
   The Mobilehome Residency Law  governs   
 and the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law govern 
tenancies in mobilehome parks  ,   and
recreational vehicle parks  and  imposes  
impose  various duties on the owners of mobilehome parks 
and recreational vehicle parks  and the agents and
representatives authorized to act on behalf of the owners.
   This bill would require that the invoice for the  permit
  permits  to operate  issued pursuant to the
Mobilehome Parks Act or the Special Occupancy Parks Act  provide
notice of the Mobilehome Residency Law and  where it may be
obtained     the Recreational Vehicle Park
Occupancy Law, as applicable  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 18506 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   18506.  A permit to operate shall be issued by the enforcement
agency. A copy of each permit to operate shall be forwarded to the
department. A permit to operate shall not be issued for a park when
the previous operating permit has been suspended by the enforcement
agency until the violations which were the basis for the suspension
have been corrected. Any park which was in existence on September 15,
1961, shall not be denied a permit to operate if the park complied
with the law which this part supersedes. A permit to operate shall be
issued for a 12-month period and invoiced according to a method and
schedule established by the department. The invoice shall provide
notice of the Mobilehome Residency Law (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with
Section 798) of Title 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code)
 and where it may be obtained   and the
Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law (Chapter 2.6 (commencing with
Section 799.20) of Title 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil
Code), as applicable to the park  . Any permit application
returned to the enforcement agency 30 days after the due date shall
be subject to a penalty fee equal to 10 percent of the established
fee. The penalty fee for submitting a permit application 60 or more
days after the due date shall equal 100 percent of the established
permit fee. The penalty and the established permit fee shall be paid
prior to issuance of the permit, and the fee and 100 percent penalty
shall be due upon demand of the enforcement agency for any park which
has not applied for a permit.
   SEC. 2.    Section 18870.7 of the   Health
and Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   18870.7.   Permits   A permit  to
operate shall be issued by the enforcement agency. A copy of each
permit to operate shall be forwarded to the department.  No
  A  permit to operate shall  not  be
issued for a park when the previous operating permit has been
suspended by the enforcement agency until the violations that were
the basis for the suspension have been corrected.  No
  Any  park that was in existence on September 15,
1961, shall  not  be denied a permit to operate if the park
complied with the law that this part directly or indirectly
supersedes.  Permits   A permit  to operate
shall be issued for a 12-month period and invoiced according to a
method and schedule established by the department.  The invoice
shall provide notice of the Mobilehome Residency Law (Chapter 2.5
(commencing with Section 798) of Title 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of
the Civil Code) and the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law
(Chapter 2.6 (commencing with Section 799.20) of Title 2 of Part 2 of
Division 2 of the Civil   Code), as applicable to the park.
 Permit applications returned to the enforcement agency 30 days
after the due date shall be subject to a penalty fee equal to 10
percent of the established fee. The penalty fee for submitting a
permit application 60 or more days after the due date shall equal 100
percent of the established permit fee.  These penalties
  The penalty  and the established permit 
fees   fee shall be paid prior to issuance of the
permit, and the fee and 100 percent penalty shall be due upon demand
of the enforcement agency for any park that has not applied for a
permit.